Blue lotus flower, or Nymphea caerulea, is an Egyptian water lily. Sometimes called blue Egyptian lotus, historians speculate ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly found ingot ...

From Archaeology Magazine: The concoction included plants with psychotropic and medicinal properties such as Peganum harmala (wild rue), Egyptian blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea), and ...